Cgs Exam 1 Ch. 6

Front 1

Which of the following is measured by the number of ticks per second?

Back 1

Clock speed

Front 2

Which of the following is true of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) chips?

Back 2

They are synchronized to the system clock

Front 3

Which of the following refers to an environment of servers that house and provide access to resources users access via the internet?

Back 3

Cloud computing

Front 4

Which of the following modules is a removable flash memory device that adds memory, communications, multimedia, security, and storage capabilities to computers?

Back 4

ExpressCard

Front 5

Some computer and chip manufacturers use which of the following terms to refer to a personal computer processor chip?

Back 5

Microprocessor

Front 6

One gigahertz (GHz) equals how many ticks of the system clock per second?

Back 6

One billion

Front 7

Which of the following is the component of the system unit that converts the wall outlet AC power into the DC power a computer requires?

Back 7

Power supply

Front 8

Which of the following are small high-speed storage locations contained by the processor that temporarily hold data and instructions?

Back 8

Registers

Front 9

Which of the following is contained on a integrated circuit and can act as an electronic switch that opens or closes the circuit for electrical charges?

Back 9

Transistors

Front 10

Which of the following should you have if you plan to connect your computer or mobile device to a wired computer network?

Back 10

Ethernet port

Front 11

Which of the following is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer?

Back 11

Control unit

Front 12

Which of the following processors is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores?

Back 12

Multi-core

Front 13

Which of the following interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer?

Back 13

CPU

Front 14

The processor relies on which of the following to control the timing of all the computer operations?

Back 14

System clock

Front 15

Which of the following is a small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched?

Back 15

Computer chip

Front 16

Current processors include advanced transfer cache, a type of cache built directly on a processor chip. Which type of cache is this?

Back 16

L2 cache

Front 17

Which of the following is the component of the processor that performs arithmetic, comparison, and other operations?

Back 17

ALU

Front 18

Which of the following consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processed data (information)?

Back 18

memory

Front 19

Which of the following determines the number of bits that the computer can transmit at one time?

Back 19

Bus width

Front 20

Which of the following circuits contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying electric current?

Back 20

integrated

Front 21

Which of the following is a kind of ROM chip that contains permanently written data, instructions, or information that is recorded when the chip is manufactured?

Back 21

firmware

Front 22

Which of the following cards converts computer output into a video signal travels through a cable to the monitor, which displays an image on the screen?

Back 22

Graphics

Front 23

Which kind of tablet positions the case below a keyboard, providing functionality similar to that of a laptop?

Back 23

convertible

Front 24

Which of the following is an application that incorporates data from multiple providers into a new application?

Back 24

Mashup

Front 25

Which of the following is the International Electronics Commission working to make the universal connected standard for charing mobile devices?

Back 25

micro USB